Play Station 4: Friend or Foe?

Sony has been talking about the release of the new PS4. I have heard that it is going to be amazing with the new graphics, the new social area (kind of like Facebook), PS Store, recording of gameplay, and the games themselves. But what I have also heard something that may not settle well with me or others.

The PS4 might not be compatible with PS3 games. I have one question, WHY!?! Why would Sony not make the PS4 compatible with the PS3? It doesn't make sense to do that, it just doesn't. Everyone who owns a PS3 must have a good stack of games they would like to carry over to the PS3, I know I do. So is it really to much to ask for the PS4 to be compatible with the PS3? Come on people this is going to make the game world kind of frustrating. If you get a PS4 your going to have a full shelf of PS3 games just getting dusty on the shelf because you would want to spend more time on the PS4. Maybe its because Sony wants to make more money, forcing players to buy the PS4 version of the game.

More about the games. Some of the Play Station titles are going to be carried over the the PS4. So that means that if anyone of you wants to continue a story or series you are going to have to buy a PS4 its as simple as that. A good example would be Gran Turismo. Kazunori Yamauchi the director of Ployphony Digital said that people bought the PS3 to play Gran Turismo 5 so they will buy the PS4 to play Gran Turismo 6. That is not true for some people who can't go out and just waste 400 something dollars on a new console (not really wasting but kind of like spending the money you don't have).

My last area of something that makes me wonder is the controller. You have probably seen the concept controller if you are a IGN regular. It has new joysticks (still side by side, which I like), and a new touch screen similar to the back of the PS Vita. In the picture, and maybe its just me, the joy sticks looked a little to small. I would like them to be a bit bigger. Also another thought is that, will the PS3 controllers be compatible with the PS4? That would be nice because the new controllers are absolutely going to be expansive. The PS3 controllers are already $39.99 and they don't even have touch screen.

I am not downing Sony or anything like that. I love Sony and have a Play Station 3 but I am wounding how the PS4 is going to shape up. Will it be a nice friend of the PS3 or will it kick it to the curb? What do you think?